Category Archives: Church teaching (catechism)

Picture post: the Holy Father Paul VI

Read his ‘Credo of the People of God,’ in his famous apostolic letter Solemni hac liturgia, given motu proprio. He lamented (in the 1960s) the uncontained desire for novelties among several influential Catholics, which was causing great danger (‘disturbance and perplexity’) to the Faithful, even challenging the very basics of the Catholic Faith such asContinue reading “Picture post: the Holy Father Paul VI”

Love and humility within the family (Holy Family Sunday)

As we meditate upon the Holy Family created at Bethlehem (where the Child was born) and Nazareth (where He grew up), we turn our minds to the very concept of family and family life as the Church looks at it. We look at the Holy Family as the ideal that we all reach for, while weContinue reading “Love and humility within the family (Holy Family Sunday)”

Intercessory prayer (Sunday XVII of Ordered time)

I have been talking for some Sundays now about human dignity, which comes from human beings being made in the image and likeness of God. This image is not a physical image, obviously, because God is spirit, and has no form. In Christ, God takes to Himself a human form and becomes visible, but manContinue reading “Intercessory prayer (Sunday XVII of Ordered time)”

Choosing the better part (Sunday XVI of Ordered time)

“…we must find our priorities and choose the better part for ourselves. For while we focus on charity to our family, friends and others (as Martha), let us not forget prayer and devotion (as Mary).”

‘Who is my neighbour?’ (Sunday XV of Ordered time)

“The image of God in man is manifested in community life. And the first building block of our communities is the family.”

Christus imperat, Christ commands (Sunday XIV of Ordered time)

“…the Church defends the sanctity of human life from the moment of conception in the womb of the mother, and until the moment of natural death…”